Keyboard

[Paulini91]

Can i beat this game on keyboard?

[ling.speed]

Yes, you'll need a physical copy for this endeavor. Xbox version is perfect for that :)


... oh you mean play? Nah.

[Paulini91]

yea i mean play it on keyboard

[Wardog61]

I broke my pedals & went kybd mouse.
After a lap or two it was fine.
Set the mouse speed to lowest.
A - Brake ( Pinky )
S - Gear Down ( Ring )
D - Gas ( Middle )
F - Gear Up ( Index )
You will get used to the keys and yes it is analog.
Analog was all we had for years & years. :-) Works great.

[ling.speed]

Originally posted by Paulini91:

yea i mean play it on keyboard

I was joking. This is a sim, so it's not really a game to "beat", campagin/story mode is the least useful part of the game.

If you never tried a sim game before, it's definitely something to try! Most of us started up simracing by driving on keyboard... but hardly anybody plays it that way since mouse/gamepads/wheels make it much better experiance.

[cocowtown]

Originally posted by Bo:

I broke my pedals & went kybd mouse.
After a lap or two it was fine.
Set the mouse speed to lowest.
A - Brake ( Pinky )
S - Gear Down ( Ring )
D - Gas ( Middle )
F - Gear Up ( Index )
You will get used to the keys and yes it is analog.
Analog was all we had for years & years. :-) Works great.

You have an analog keyboard?

[Paulini91]

yea i have analog keyboard

[ling.speed]

Originally posted by 76561198448024367:

You have an analog keyboard?

It's those new switches from cherry. 1 key for 5$ full analog. You can acclerate faster the stronger you push it down. So you can even beat F1 car with a fiat by using a hammer.

[Paulini91]

i have keyboard with switch cherry MX

[Sven]

Buy a wheel!

[Paulini91]

with wheel it is easier?

[shadow realm]

Far easier, but if you have no choice other than kbm then use mouse steering.

[Paulini91]

but with keyboard cherry MX switches it is too hard?

[ling.speed]

Originally posted by Paulini91:

but with keyboard cherry MX switches it is too hard?

Ok gonna stop joking around... this gets confusing as is.
Cherry MX are NOT analog. Some keyboard makers use word "analog" when the switch is using some non standard technology like optical to get the moment of keypress. But they all are just normal ON/OFF switches - meaning the output is digital 0 or 1.

Now there are a few actual Analog keyboards. Wooting one for example, does work as if every key happened to be one directional analog stick like you have on your gamepad.

If you have that one, then Yeah definitely it should work great in AC ... should as so little people have analog keyboards that no way to tell if there wont be compatibility issues.

Wheel, gamepad, or even mouse are all easier than just standard mechaical keyboard. This is a simulation game, not your typical arcade racer. You have to have to be able to go 50% or 70% or 10% on the brake pedal, or throttle and keep it there. Key mashing comes close but imagine doing that in a real car...

[Paulini91]

then the best is wheel, right?

[onearmedbandit]

Originally posted by Paulini91:

then the best is wheel, right?

Definitely. My next choice would be 'mouse steering, then controller and finally keyboard.